Genesis 36 - Praying God's Word

Please read Genesis 36.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/36/1/s_36001

Meditate on verse 2a.

Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan.

Esau married daughters of Canaan. The Canaanites were idol worshippers. In defiance to his parents, Isaac and Rebekah, Esau chose to marry women who did not worship the true God, Yahweh. Esau brought their idolatrous practices into his home, and God’s Word describes his wives as bringing grief to Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 26:34-35).

If you are not yet married, choose wisely. God does not want you to marry a “Canaanite,” someone who does not love and worship the only true God, Jesus Christ. If you are already married to a “Canaanite,” pray for God to bring them to faith in Christ. Rahab was a Canaanite who chose to become a follower of Yahweh. She is in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Joshua 2; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25). There is hope for “Canaanites” because before you became a Christian, you, too, were one.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), use Genesis 36:2 as a reminder of how to pray for those who will someday choose their husband or wife.

“LORD, please do not let _________ marry a spiritual Canaanite.

Let them marry someone who loves You
more than they love themselves


because You hate every form of idolatry.


In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell